1rsv is an rna virus - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. RSV is an RNA virus that enters the cell via a fusion protein: (which is the target of the prophylactic monoclonal antibody drug Palivizumab) 2. Gram-positive rods in a diabetic foot wound (or a World War I soldier fight- ing in a trench) means: means Clostridium perfringens (the causative organism of gas gangrene). Crepitus means gas in the tissues, which is produced as a byproduct of its highly virulent alpha toxin 3. Crepitus: means gas in the tissues, which is produced as a byproduct of...